Peder Kolstad
| Peder Ludvik Kolstad | |
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| Prime Minister of Norway | |
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In office 21 May 1931 – 5 March 1932 |
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| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Preceded by | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
| Succeeded by | Jens Hundseid |
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| Born | 28 November 1878 Borge, Norway |
| Died | 5 March 1932 (aged 53) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Agrarian Party |
Peder Ludvik Kolstad (28 November 1878 – 5 March 1932) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932.
Born to a farmer's family in Borge, now part of Fredrikstad in Østfold county he got a degree from Kalnes school of agriculture in 1899 and a degree from the Agricultural University of Norway at Ås, Akershus county in 1902. He subsequently worked as teachers at agricultural schools in Asker, Akerhus county and Nedenes, Aust-Agder county. Returning to Østfold and Kalnes school of agriculture in 1905, he became principal at the school in 1912.
In Østfold, Kolstad became engaged in organisational work related to agriculture. He served as leader of the Tune chapter of the Norwegian Agrarian Association, became leader of the Østfold county chapter and member of the national board of the organisation. He also sat on the board of the agricultural cooperative Felleskjøpet.
In the period from 1919 to 1922, he was part of the herredsstyre (selective body of the municipal council) in Tune. He was a member of the municipal council until 1928 and leader of the Østfold chapter of the Farmer's Party for several years in the 1920s.
At the Agragrian Association's congress in Kristiansand in 1920, he played an important role in the process that led to the decision that the organization should nominate its own list in the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921, leading to the establishment of the Farmer's Party.
In the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1921, Kolstad topped the list for the Farmers' Party in Østfold and was elected to the Parliament of Norway and subsequently re-elected in all elections until his death. He served in the Standing Committee on Finance in all his parliamentary career, becoming head of the committee in 1928. He served as secretary for the Farmers' Party's parliamentary group in all his years in Parliament and was elected President of the Odelsting in 1931. In this period, he also headed the Østfold chapter of the Farmer's Party for several years.
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